rKong la de mo

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

De mo (inscr. rKong po l. 6)

rDo rje kun grags ma (ms. P 307 l. II§1.1, III.10)

rKong la de mo (ms. P 307 l. II§1.7)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

srin mo (female demon) 

sku bla ? (deity) 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

[In rKong po] the sku la De mo* procreated (with Kar po ? inscr. rKong po l. 6)

rDo rje kun grags ma's body is black.. She is also known as rKong la de mo (ms. PT 307 l. II§1) 

rDo rje kun grags ma / rKong la de mo was the chief (gtso mo ms. PT 307 II.§1) of a group of seven female deities known as mkha' 'gro ma, shug 'gro ma, srin mo chen mo bdun, and ma chen mo bdun (ms. PT 307 III.1-2). 

That group was composed of: 

- rDo rje kun grags ma also known as rKong la de mo (ms. PT 307 II.§1), 

- rDo rje kun tu bzang a.k.a. Sha myed gangs dkar (ms. PT 307 II.§2), 

- rDo rje kun gsal ma a.k.a. lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol (ms. PT 307 II.§3), 

- rDo rje ye shes mchog a.k.a. brDa' la btsan mo (ms. PT 307 II.§4), 

- rDo rje sgron ma a.k.a. Kha rag khyung btsun (ms. PT 307 II.§5), 

- rDo rje 'od chags ma a.k.a. Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma (ms. PT 307 II.§6) 

- rDo rje g.yu sgron ma a.k.a. lHo'i ting ting (ms. PT 307 II.§7). 

They were sisters (sring mo ms. PT 307, l. III.7-8) and were subdued by the Indian mkhan po Pad ma sam ba ba and by Rlang dPal gyi seng ge (ms. PT 307 l. III.4-6). 

Titles 

gtso mo (ms. PT 307 l. II§1.8)

mkha' 'gro ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

shug 'gro ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

ma chen mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

srin mo chen mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.1-2) 

bod khams kyi bdag mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.5-6) 

sku bla (inscr. rKong po l. 6) ?*

Notes 

On ms. PT 307, see Dalton 2004.

See also Kong btsun de mo of Kong po, also known as rDo rje bod khams skyong and rDo rje dpal mo che, one of the bstan ma gcu gnyis (in Nebesky-Wojkowitz 1996 reprint p. 181-198, where the great sman mo Kong btsun de mo / rDo rje dpal mo che is distinguished from the great bdud mo rDo rje kun grags ma / bDag nyid chen mo / Byang gi gnam tsho phyug mo).

Description of rDo rje kun grags ma / rKong la de mo in ms. PT 307 II§1

Source: Gallica

*see also Hill 2013b. The author comes to the conclusion that "sku bla" does not refer to De mo.